According to a Gallup survey from 2022, Americans are reading fewer books per year than ever before. And the time that people spend reading has dropped over the years, too.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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Christine Murphy's 'Notes on Surviving the Fire' isn't interested in a tidy detective narrative. The emotionally resonant ...

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Stephen King's writing has always stuck with me in ways other writers haven't, maybe because of the simplicity in the truth ...

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After Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made a cameo in Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary Special, Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman shared his thoughts.